Known professionally as Lil’ Jimmy Reed, Leon Atkins has been a fixture at the Wiregrass Blues Fest, performing every year since it started in 2011. When he takes the stage this year with his guitar ...

Hardwood, Louisiana, sounds like a fitting backdrop for the 1950s blues — hard work and segregation colored with a strong sense of making the best out of less-than-best situations. The West Feliciana ...

Eighty-five-year-old bluesman Leon Atkins found an apt title for his new album — “Back to Baton Rouge.” Atkins — the singer, guitarist and harmonica player who performs as Lil’ Jimmy Reed — lived in ...

Lil’ Jimmy Reed will be the Sunday entertainment at the new Daleville Avenue Lounge each Sunday from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Reed is a longtime blues artist with quite a lengthy resume. Born in Louisiana, ...

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WDHN) — The world-famous blues musician Lil’ Jimmy Reed has been chosen as the Grand Marshal of the 2025 Enterprise Christmas Parade, the Enterprise Chamber of Commerce and ...